Ionisation Techniques
To take advantage of the basic laws of physics, the analyte has to
be ionised before being introduced into the gas-phase for mass
analysis. There are a large number of ionisation methods – many can
only be used for certain types of analyte.The links below will send
you to pages outlining the basic principles of the most important
techniques. The final page is a summary of the types of ions that
maybe observed in a mass spectrum.
Current methods
Historic Methods
Types
of ions formed in mass spectrometry.